The Japanese jobless rate stood at 4.1% last month, down from 4.2% in the previous month, totaling 2.60 million people, down 210,000 or 7.5% from a year ago. At the same time, the number of new job offers rose only 0.1% from a month ago, while on a yearly basis, they were 8.4% higher.
On Wednesday, December 26, Shinzo Abe was sworn in as Japan's seventh Prime Minister during the last seven years. Abe claimed his and his government's readiness to pursue bold monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy and a precise growth strategy.
China's non-manufacturing sector continued to improve in December, adding to signs of a rebound in the world's second largest economy, an official survey showed Thursday.
The amount of pledged foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Korea hit an all-time high in 2012, reports said Thursday, citing data from the Ministry of Knowledge economy.
Australians treated themselves to more than 1.1 million new cars in 2012, bucking retail trends in a 10 per cent surge.